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PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON'S PRESS CONFERENCE #17
Held in the East Room
At the White House
Washington, D. C.
June 1, 1971
(Tuesday)
At 8:30 P.M. EDT
Official White House Transcript
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Risher has the first question.
QUESTION: Mr. President, Chairman Brezhnev recently
indicated a willingness to negotiate troop withdrawals from
Europe. Do you plan to take him up on this?
THE PRESIDENT: We have completed within our own
Government our study of the question of balanced mutual force
reductions. Secretary Lairdhas had some consultations last
week on this matter with the NATO defense chiefs, and Secretary
Rogers is conducting consultations at the present time with the
Foreign Ministers of the various NATO countries.
When those consultations have been completed, then
the United States and our allies will move forward to discuss,
negotiate, with the Soviet Union and other countries involved
with regard to mutual, balanced force reductions.
QUESTION: Mr. President, we not only have the pro-
spect -- maybe this is in the future -- of the mutual reduction
of force, but we have the Berlin question, the SALT talks, the
dollar problem in Europe. Do you foresee meeting with the
leaders of Europe on their own soil within the foreseeable future?
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Cormier, I plan no trip to Europe
and no meetings with European leaders in the near future. If
such plans do develop, of course, I will announce them. And if
it becomes necessary, as a result of developments in the question
of mutual force reductions or arms limitation that such meetings
occur, I will, of course, go any place that I think would serve
the interests of our goal of reducing the dangers to peace in
the world and, of course, reducing the burden of armaments.